Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has shared his views as to who should open batting for Australia in the upcoming Ashes series against England. Despite Australia recently whiteed the West Indies in the Test series, Ricky Ponting was important for his batting, which was not impressive.
The Australian bowlers were outstanding in the three -match Test series, but their batting lineup struggled to impress in the Caribbean Islands. The Kangaroo has crossed 300 only once in the test series, and most of the runs came from lower order.
Ricky Ponting expressed concern about Australia’s batting despite the West Indies whitewash
On the other hand, it was a powerful bowling attack led by Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Scott Bolland, which was trapped through the West Indies, even bowling for just 27 runs in the second innings of the third test, which was played with a pink ball at Sabis Park.
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Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting selected his top three batsmen to face England in the initial Test, which will begin the new ICC World Test Championship of Australia 2025-27. However, the former Australian captain believes that Sam Constas Ashes deserves his opportunity in 2025.
Sharing his views on the top order of Australia for the Ashes, Ponting stated that Sam Constas, Usman Khwaja and Cameron are the top names prescribed to feature in Green -playing XI.
Ricky Ponting locks for Ashes as Australia’s top orders in Sam Contas, Usman Khwaja, and Cameron Green
Ricky Ponting said on the ICC review: “(Batsman) that he has been talking about the last few weeks, especially (Sam) Contas and (Usman) Khwaja, and then there were some things about Cameron Green, if he was a long -term number 3 or not.
The legendary cricketer praised Green’s fighting knock in the second innings against the West Indies, saying that it could reduce doubts about its location at number 3. He believes that Australia will stick to its current top order for ash and expects they strengthen the chain.
Ponting said, “(Green’s) The second innings in the West Indies (in the final examination) may have placed some of it in bed. As long as he had to bat in the situations as long as he tried, he could silence some of those critics.
I think where they are, I think the Ashes is going to be like line-up, it is still. I think with whom they are going to start with, and you cross their fingers and hope that those people can get work in the beginning. ,
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Ricky Ponting says that time is going on for new ash expectation
Meanwhile, Ponting believes that Australia’s batting line-up for the Ashes is still uncertain, but with only a few matches (Australia a Tour and Four Shefield Shield Games), before the biggest test series against England, are limited to breaking new players.
The legendary batsman has reported that Nathan McCasswini and Matt Rainshaw have recently performed well, but it is unlikely that many new names for ash will be considered.
Ponting also mentioned the Jason Sangh as a talented option, but the time for selection is going on for him. Ponting feels that the selectors will stick to familiar faces until the current players struggle early in Ashes 2025.
